Uchiha Sasuke

"Naruto!" Kurama roared, his voice shaking the heavens.

"Got it!"

Prompted by Kurama, Naruto, standing on its head, naturally noticed several targets suddenly appearing in the distance.

"Use Consecutive Tailed Beast Bombs!"

"Alright!"

Kurama opened its abyssal maw, and terrifying chakra rapidly condensed within.

Then.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~

Several Tailed Beast Bombs flew out like bullets, hitting their targets.

Boom~~

Deafening explosions erupted.

"Rasenshuriken Max!"

In the blink of an eye, Naruto conjured a Rasenshuriken in his hand, a full circle larger than himself.

With a mighty throw.

The Rasenshuriken, imbued with wind and fire chakra, flew in an arc, precisely hitting targets in a line, ultimately striking the newly appeared ones.

Zzzzt~

Naruto suddenly pointed behind him, and a bolt of lightning pierced through a target that flashed into existence behind him.

Hum~

Without even looking behind him, Naruto instantly conjured two more Rasenshurikens in his left and right hands and hurled them.

Whoosh~

Whoosh~

Two Rasenshurikens, containing terrifying chakra and immense destructive power, flew in unbelievable curves, hitting a string of targets before obliterating an entire area of targets in their explosions.

"Naruto, your shurikenjutsu is unbeatable!"

"Haha, of course."

Naruto laughed, not realizing the terror of achieving Grand Perfection in shurikenjutsu.

"Front left! Use a Super Tailed Beast Bomb."

"Alright!"

Boom~

After a violent explosion, the strong winds whipped at the hem of his clothes.

Seeing the ever-increasing number of targets appearing, Naruto roared, "Kurama, jump into the sky."

"Are we going to use that move?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Kurama grew somewhat excited.

"Okay!"

Kurama leaped with all its might and walked on air.

Once at sufficient height, Naruto leaped into the air, looking at the targets flickering in the space before him, and formed hand seals.

As soon as the Wu seal was formed, Naruto felt his chakra surge.

"Fire Style: Majestic Fire Destruction!"

A massive amount of chakra surged out, instantly transforming into a sea of fire that engulfed the entire space where the targets were.

Moreover, it didn't stop there.

The terrifying flames filled the sky, seemingly capable of burning everything.

At this moment, a spectacular scene unfolded: a sea of fire in the sky, complemented by an underground ocean.

Kurama leaped down, catching Naruto, and landed on the sea's surface.

Even from a considerable distance, Kurama could sense the terrifying heat contained within the sea of fire above.

Kurama also saw the alloy targets melting into molten iron, and it couldn't help but exclaim, "Naruto, your fire style is even stronger than Uchiha Madara's."

"Uchiha Madara? Is that the person you mentioned?"

"Him!"

Recalling that person, Kurama still gnashed its teeth.

Before meeting him, it was a free Tailed Beast, happily running under the setting sun. It was that man who had initiated its eternal nightmare.

"Don't worry, Kurama. If we ever meet him, I'll teach him a good lesson for you."

What's more, that guy also killed his parents.

Uchiha Madara released the Nine-Tails on the night of the Nine-Tails → The Nine-Tails destroyed the village → His parents died protecting the village → Uchiha Madara killed his parents.

Makes sense.

Although the Nine-Tails didn't go into detail about the events of that night, Naruto had already guessed the general situation.

After all, his parents had died that very night.

And it wasn't just his parents who died that night; the Fourth Hokage and a large number of Konoha ninja also perished.

Uchiha Madara was truly a sinner.

"Hey, Kurama, let's go back."

With that said, Naruto and Kurama flickered, and the man and the fox returned to land.

Kurama had already shrunk down. There was a small house here, the home of Kurama and Naruto.

As soon as they got home, Kurama went inside and brought out a kept-warm roast chicken from the microwave.

He gestured to Naruto. After Naruto indicated he wouldn't eat it, Kurama picked up the entire roast chicken and shoved it into its abyssal maw.

Crunch, crunch~

Bones, in front of Kurama, were probably less crunchy than a cracker.

Gulp~

After swallowing the roast chicken, Kurama picked up a large bottle of cola and chugged it down.

"Naruto, are you really going to school tomorrow?" Kurama asked curiously, putting down the cola bottle.

"Of course."

"But your strength..."

"Going to school isn't just about getting stronger," Naruto said with a smile, recalling the Hokage Grandpa's instructions from yesterday.

"Naruto, you should go to school. Here's your admission letter."

That day, the old man seemed more tired than usual.

He figured there must have been significant resistance to admitting a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki like him.

Those parents who hated him, knowing their children might become classmates with the Nine-Tails, would surely raise hell.

"There are many children your age at school. You can make many friends there," the old man had instructed.

It seemed he had grown accustomed to Naruto's ordinariness. The bright, hopeful look in his eyes, which had praised him as a genius years ago, was no longer there.

He had disappointed the old man. Until he was certain of his invincibility, he wouldn't dare to be a genius.

Now, the old man probably just hoped he could grow up like a normal child, which was why he was sending him to school.

Unfortunately, his identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki couldn't be changed, nor could the villagers' perception of him. He would never be a normal child.

However, he did want to make friends at school.

In his past life, the friends he made in elementary school had accompanied him as he grew up, right until he transmigrated.

It should be the same in this life; otherwise, life would be too lonely.

"You can make really good friends at school," Naruto said.

He looked at Kurama with a smile. "I can bring my good friends to see you and play with you. Don't look like that."

"Of course, I... I'll treat them to roast chicken and cola." Kurama's expression was a little hesitant.

"Haha, see you tonight, Kurama."

In reality, Naruto opened his eyes.

He glanced at the time; it was perfect.

He got up, washed up, and got ready for school.

Naruto already had a plan: if he could make friends, he would. If the children were too deeply influenced by their parents' animosity, he could just become the school bully.

Naruto had come to this realization over the past few years.

He, Uzumaki Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, could do whatever he wanted as long as he didn't betray the village.

Becoming a school bully was hardly anything.

Opening ceremony.

The Third Hokage was on stage, preaching the Will of Fire. Naruto didn't need to listen; he knew it was the same as what he'd heard when they first met.

Everyone stood in front of the school gate, the children in one group, the parents in another.

Naruto didn't join the crowd. He sat alone on a swing set in the back. He didn't even have parents, so why would he join the commotion?

"Now, I declare you all new students of the Ninja Academy."

[Ding~]

[Main Quest: Enter Ninja Academy Completed]

"This damn thing, waited for years, and it's finally done."

Naruto sighed inwardly. This damn developer was truly something else, making him wait for years for a main quest to be completed.

Perhaps for gamers, it was just a cutscene, but he had waited a solid three years, a full three years.

What the hell.

After being assigned to a team, Naruto looked at his rewards.

10 Skill Points, 10,000 Experience Points, and the Ninja Academy Student title.

A substantial haul.

Just as he was planning how to use them, he suddenly heard a name that deeply resonated with him.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I like..."

Naruto snapped his head up, staring intently at the black-haired boy on the podium, his gaze like a burning torch.

Finally found you.

The protagonist!